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Apparently named after William, son of George IV, after a royal visit in 1821. This begs the question: What was it called before that? There must have been a native Irish name. Unfortunately Price provides no answer to this in PNCW. On the map of Wicklow contained in Wright's A Guide to the County of Wicklow (1827) this area is named Commons B.nulty, i.e. Commons of Ballynulty, which is a sub-division of the townland of Annacrivey. Since Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun they are only separated by a small saddle, it is possible that the name Knocknagun was applied to both peaks, but this is only conjecture.
Prince William's Seat is the 406th highest place in Ireland.Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/352/?PHPSESSID=vt335lughdao6n1mjkm54s3n82

While staying in the fine an oige hostel at knockree on Friday night last I pondered where to head for the following day. Maulin, Djouce and Prince Willams Seat were all in the running.....but with the weather in the early 20s I decided that crone would be a little too congested for my liking. Headed off from the hostel early saturday morning and followed the WW right up and around knockree hill. The WW will take you right around knockree hill and onto the surrounding third class road which will eventually lead you through to the woods at curtlestown. Onwards and upwards toward prince williams seat you go. It should be noted that you must eventually leave the WW and make your own way to the summit cairn. An extended lunch stop was enjoyed on this particularly intense summers afternoon. The views over to Dalkey, Dun Laoighaire and Howth made for a nice back drop. Once the farmers tan was topped up headed straight down prince williams and pushed our way through the young spruce forest onto a number of forest trackes. Sheet 56 seems accurate with its depeciation of these tracks. Continued down on various lonsome tracks (disturbing numerous red deer on the way) until we hit the carpark at cloon wood and from there walked along the road to enniskerry before picking the WW up once again and retraced our steps back to the hostel for a deserved break. A very enjoyable little outing I must admit, and having not crossed a soul all day perhaps one of the lesser explored hills in the area... Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/352/comment/3800/